Clothes-reel



No. 753,179. PATENTED FEB. 23, 1904.

S. TILLSON.

CLOTHES REEL. 7

APPLICATION FILED DEO.23, 1901. RENEWED JAR. 7, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN TILLSON,

' HENRY CLOTHES-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,179, dated.February 23, 1904. Application filed December 23, 1991. Renewed January7, 1904x Serial No. 138,140. (No model.)

This invention relates to improvements on an elevated revolving frame onwhich clothes are suspended to dry; and it consists of the improvedconstruction and novel combination of parts, forth and described andthen pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a clothesdrierembodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectionalview of the body and main portion of Fig. 1.

the body, showingthe toothed pinion and adjacent parts. Fig.4 is aperspective view of one of the side plates. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailcentral sectional view of the hub-collar, ball-bearings, and theadjacent portions of the hub and adjustable standard. Fig. 6 is a viewof one-half of the hub-collar looking at it from the under side. In thisview one of the flanges and the inner portion of one of theline-carrying arms are shown. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the ring to whichthe upper ends of the supporting-bars are secured. Fig. 8 is acrosssectional view on the line A B of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is across-sectional view on the line C D of Fig. 7. Figs. 10 and 11 are planand side views. respectively, of a cap and a portion of .a brace towhich said cap is secured, which base extends from the body to the baseor platform, and inFig. 11 a portion of the latter is Fig. 12 is a planview of hub and flanged band. In the accompanying drawings, 1 designatesa base or platform formed of two cross-pieces halved together at theircenters, and 2 stakes which are driven into the ground at each end ofand nailed or otherwise attached to the cross-pieces of which the baseis formed.

3 designates a hollow body, 1 a standard lonas will be hereinafter firstfully set Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail front view of a portion of withflanges 28 at ignates a shaft held gitudinally adjustable therein, and 5a block rigidly secured in thelower end of said hollow body.

The base 1 is secured to the body 3 by a clamping-bolt 6, having ashoulder 7, passing through the block 5 and the base. Theshoulder 7rests in a recess 9 in said block 5. 10 designates a plate secured tosaid block 5 over said recess 9.

v 11 designates blocks secured to the base 1 and so placed on said baseas to abut against the sides of the body 3.

12 designates inclined from the base 1 to the body 3.

13 designates caps, one of which is secured to and over each end of theinclined braces 12, and said caps are provided with sharp projections orteeth 15. The caps 13 at one end of said braces 12 are secured to thebody 3 and at the other end are secured to the base 1, and when saidcaps are secured in place the projections 15 are pressed into said body3 and base'l.

16 designates braces which extend a cap on the upper end of thehollowbody 3, through which the adjustable standard 1 projects.

17 designates a toothed rack secured to the adjustable standard t, and18 designates sharp projections or teeth formed on said rack, which arepressed into said adjustable standard 4 when said toothed rack 17 issecured thereto.

19 and 20 designate side plates provided both ends, as shown in Fig. 1,which plates are secured to two opposite sides of the body 3, and whensecured thereto said flanges 28 over on the front and back of said body.21 desin place supported by and rotating perfectly free in bearings insaid side plates 19 and 20, 22 a crank secured to one of the projectingends of said shaft 21, by which the latter is operated, and 23 a toothedpinion secured to said shaft 21 and adapted to engage with the toothedrack 17, and for the purpose of permitting said toothed pinion 23 toengage with the toothed rack 17 the hollow body 3 is cut away at thispoint.

project for a short distance 24 designates an elongated slot formed in ithe side plate 20, in which'slot one end of the I shaft 21 is supported,and 25 a set-screw which extends through the end of said side plate atright angles to said shaft 21 and engages with the latter to adjust it,as well as the pinion 23 secured thereto, toward and hold it in contactwith the toothed rack 17 8 designates a front plate which is secured tothe front of the body 3, and said front plate projects under a portionof the. flanges 28 of the side plates 19 and 20, as shown in Fig. 3.

26 designates a dog which is pivotally mounted on the front plate 8, andsaid dog is adapted to engage with the toothed pinion 23 to hold it, aswell as the adjustable standard 4, at the elevation to which it isadjusted or to be disengaged from said 'pinion 23 to permit saidadjustable standard 4 to be lowered.

29 designates a rotary spindle supported in a socket 30, formed in theupper end of the adjustable standard 4, and 31 a hub which encirclessaid spindle 29.

32 designates a band provided with flanges 33, which band is rigidlysecured to the rotary spindle 29 and so placed thereon that when saidspindle 29 is projected through the hub 31 and rests in the socket inthe adjustable standard 4, as shown in Fig. 2, said band 32 and flanges33 will rest in a corresponding socket 27 in said hub 31, and when sosecured in place said spindle 29 and hub 31 will revolve together.

34 is acap on the upper end of the hub 31, through which the rotaryspindle 29 projects.

35 is a cap on the upper end of the adjustable standard 4, and said capis provided with inner and outer annular flanges 36 and 37 respectively.38 is the lower half of a ballbearing held in place between said flanges36 and 37. 39 is the upper half of this ball-bearing, which is securedto the hub 31, and 40 represents the balls held in place, supported by,and revolving perfectly free in said bearings 38 and 39.

41 is a collar provided with the flanges 42, and the upper outer end ofeach of the latter is provided with a hook 44. The upper portion of saidcollar 41 encircles and engages with the lower end of the hub 31, andthe lower portion of said collar encircles and engages with the outerannular flange 37. This holds the hub 31 on the cap 35 and in line withthe standard 4 and spindle 29 and the two sections 38 and 39 of theball-bearings in place and in line with one another, and this engagementof the collar 41 with the flange 37 prevents the ingress of snow, water,dust, sand, or other substance to these parts, and thus prevents injurythereto by the ingress of these elements.

43 designates line-carrying arms, the inner ends of which are secured tothe flanges 42 by inserting one of said flanges in a slit formed in theinner end of said arm and holding them together. The collar 41 is alsoprovided with an outwardly-projecting rim 45, and the latter is providedwith a downwardly-projecting flange 46, which is bedded into the upperface of each of the line-carrying arms 43 when the latter are secured tothe flanges 42.

47 designates hooks which are secured to the line-carrying arms 43, withwhich hooks the clothes-lines engage to hold them spaced apart.

48 designates'a ring secured to the upper end of the rotary spindle 29and provided with the flanges 49 and pivot-bars 50.

51 designates supporting-bars which extend from and are secured at oneend to the flanges 49 on pivot-bars of the ring 48 and at the other endto the line-carrying arms 43.

52 designates horizontal braces which extend across, bridge the spacebetween, and are secured at their ends to the line-carrying arms 43.These horizontal braces hold said line-carrying arms in line with theflanges 42 and a uniform distance apart to prevent said arms fromswinging out of line with said flanges, and thus prevent one armstraining or otherwise injuring the other or said flanges.

54 designates a loop or eye secured to the line-carrying arm 43, bywhich the latter may be suspended on the hook 44 parallel with the body3 when for any reason the inner end of said arm is detached from thehub-collar 41.

The operation is as follows: By turning the crank 22 the shaft 21 andpinion 23 are ro tated, and the latter engaging with the toothed rack17, which is secured to the adjustable standard 4, the latter, as wellas the hub 31 and line-carrying arms 43, are raised or lowered,according to the direction that said crank is turned. The arms 43,carrying the lines on which the clothes are to be suspended, are firstlowered and the clothes placed thereon, after which the adjustablestandard and linecarrying arms are raised to the desired elevation, andwhen at the desired elevation the dog 26 is adjusted to engage with thetoothed pinion 23 to hold the latter, as well as the adj ustablestandard and attachments, in said elevated position. The stakes 2 andbroad base 1 prevent the clothes-drier from tipping over from any cause,particularly in a high wind. Inclined braces 12, block 5, bolt 6, andblocks 11 rigidly secure and brace the body 3 to and on the base 1,prevent all twisting or turning of said body 3 on said base, and firmlyhold the former in an upright position on the latter, and at the sametime a simple, strong, durable, inexpensive, and eflicient clothes IIO'drier is provided, one that can be readily and easily lowered withinconvenient reach in order to suspend the clothes thereon, after which itmay be elevated to any desired position to clear any obstruction or tobe out of the reach of anything on the ground, one that may be folded,and one in which the hub 31, to which said side plates one of which isin the formof a horizontal slot, a shaft supported in said bearings,'apinion mounted on said shaft, and a set-screw passing through the frontedge of this plate into said slot and'engaging with said s aft.

2. In adevice of the class described, an adjustable standard, a cap onsaid standard, a

hub in the upper end of which radial recesses are formed, in combinationwith a rotary spindle supported in said standard and extending throughsaid hub, a band secured to said rotary spindle and provided with radialflanges, which are fitted to and inserted in the radial recesses in theupper end of said hub, a ring secured to the upper end of said rotaryspindle, line-carrying arms secured to said hub, and supporting-barssecured to and extending from said ring to said line-carrying arms,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed in the presence of the twoundersigned vwitnesses.

STEPHEN TILLSON. \Vitnesses:

P. J. EDMUNDS, M. BRAUND.

